During the conference in Stockholm dedicated to the Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners in Belarus, the Minister of Sweden for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, Johan Forssell, announced that the country is allocating five million Swedish kronor (over 400,000 euros) to the international humanitarian fund for victims of repressions in Belarus established recently in Norway to support political prisoners and their families.
Mr. Forssell noted that deepening dialogue with the Belarusian democratic forces in exile, led by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, is a priority for Swedish policy. “It is important to us that the outside world does not forget the people fighting for a free, democratic, and independent Belarus”, the politician emphasized.
